Johnson is a famously funny guy, from his on-field antics at the peak of his powers, to his post-NFL exploits. Recently he’s played in the Mexican football league, the American Flag Football League and a few years ago he even trained with the MLS club Sporting KC:

His suggestion that he would show off his speed to Detroit fans with a “streak” across the practice field suggests he’s no more than half-serious about this.

The only real option for Johnson to contribute to training camp would be as a sort of coaching intern, informally working with the wide receivers in the same way Calvin Johnson did for the Oakland Raiders’ June minicamp.

Could Detroit use a mid-2000s Chad Johnson? Absolutely, and he was a Pro Bowler as late as 2009. But that was eight years ago, and the 39-year-old Ochocinco was 86’d from his last opportunity for a reason.

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